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Festival of Trees

Celebrate the season as we fill our galleries with lighted fir trees! Decorated from classic to kooky Christmas styles, the Festival of Trees glows with the enchantment of the holidays.

Get Tickets $8.00
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American Girl Holiday Tea Party

Join us for an elegant holiday tea party! Our Festival of Trees will be in full swing, making a glittering holiday backdrop for the occasion

Get Tickets $15.00
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Schenectady Wine Society

Join your hosts, Buffy Leonard and city historian Chris Leonard on a tasting and history tour of their favorite wines for the season!

Sold Out $35.00
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America 250 Reads: A Revolutionary Book Club

Join us throughout 2025 and 2026 as we delve into literature, biographies, and more that explore the American Revolution. We'll meet virtually each month to discuss a few chapters of the book at hand.

Twilight Nights at the Festival of Trees

Twilight Nights are the perfect downtown spot for fun and holiday merriment. During Festival of Trees, SCHS will be open late with special evening hours on select two Fridays in December to allow visitors to view the beautiful and specially decorated trees after dark.

Get Tickets $8.00
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A Very Mabee Christmas

We'll learn how revelers of yore celebrated the season, enjoy colonial-era treats and stories by the Inn's fire, and make a craft to take home.

Get Tickets Free – $10.00

The Holiday Stockade Stroll

Schenectady’s Stockade is beautiful any time of year but the holidays always bring out a certain magic! In this walking tour we’ll explore the lights and sights of this historic district while learning the ways in which generations past celebrated the season.

Get Tickets $15.00

Chocolate Haus: Holiday Edition

Living historians will tempt your pallet and tickle your tastebuds with a trio of historic hot chocolates, including delicacies enjoyed by English kings and the middle-class settlers of the Mohawk and Hudson Valleys.

Get Tickets $35.00

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Winter Paint pARTy

Instructor Karen Anthony of Karen’s Paint pARTies will teach us to paint a cozy winter scene.

Get Tickets $40.00